दशरात्रश्च मे यज्ञो यस्मिन् रामेण राक्षसाः । हन्तव्या विघ्नकर्तारो मम यज्ञस्य वैरिणः ॥ २३ ॥
daśarātraśca mē yajñō yasmin rāmēṇa rākṣasāḥ | hantavyā vighnakartārō mama yajñasya vairiṇaḥ || 23 ||
Translation
"My sacrifice lasts ten nights; in it the demons, the enemies of my sacrifice who obstruct it, are to be slain by Rāma.
Word by word
- daśarātraś
- (daśarātraḥ) lasts ten nights
- ca
- and
- mē
- my
- yajñō
- (yajñaḥ) sacrifice
- yasmin
- in it
- rāmēṇa
- by Rāma
- rākṣasāḥ
- the demons
- hantavyā
- (hantavyāḥ) are to be slain
- vighna
- obstruct
- kartārō
- (kartāraḥ) who
- mama
- my
- yajñasya
- of sacrifice
- vairiṇaḥ
- the enemies
Meaning
The time is short: ten nights. It is not a long war he is asking for.